Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes

Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course.

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• Even complex passwords are getting easy to break if they're too short. That's because today's inexpensive computer chips have the power of supercomputers from the year 2000.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Power
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• My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.

  

  Waris Ahluwalia
  • House
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• I've had a lot of seedy side jobs. I've done it all. I've worked retail at the mall, just tons of side jobs, which I think are amazing for actors. I think everyone should have one! It helps you get more experiences, and the more experiences you have, the more you can channel into a character.

  

  Olesya Rulin
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• A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.

  

  Gary Becker
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• I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.

  

  Laura Harrier
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• The good romances are as good as anything.

  

  Karen Robards
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• I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.

  

  Carey Lowell
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• To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.

  

  Sally Mann
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  • Time
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• An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.

  

  Ted Cruz
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• We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • World
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• Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

  

  Oscar Wilde
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• You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process. You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.

  

  Wale
  • Music
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  • Same

• I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection.

  

  Edsger Dijkstra
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  • Perfection
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• Red, electric blue - the only color I don't wear is green, which I still don't wear. I wear certain color greens, but I have such yellow skin so I always like to wear bold colors.

  

  Jackee Harry
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• Without community events like NewFest, I don't think we'd have a queer cinema in America.

  

  Ira Sachs
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• One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

  

  Lao Tzu
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  • Water
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• I'm a Jew. I'm fascinated by our culture and our history, by what made us the people we are. It influences every breath I take. It informs and guides me. Without it, I'd just be a vacuum.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
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• I go to various boot camps 4-5 times a week, and I try to get some Pilates in there to thin and tone.

  

  Rachelle Lefevre
  • Try
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• Nine out of 10 times these guys will hit it-they'll be on something incredibly funny, but one out of 10, two out of 10, they'll fall flat on their faces. That's what makes them great actors: they take those chances, they don't play it safe.

  

  Peter Farrelly
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• Maybe vagueness has been good for me. The word means two different things in Tokyo and Osaka, you know. In Tokyo it means stupidity, but in Osaka they talk about vagueness in a painting and in a game of Go.

  

  Yasunari Kawabata
  • Good
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  • Game

• What I loved the most about Oakland was that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas, and religions as there are people on the planet. How lucky I was to know so many people that were so different and yet so much alike!

  

  Patricia Polacco
  • People
  • Different
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• To distract myself from writing, I was singing Bob Dylan's 'My Back Pages.' You know, 'I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now.' I thought, 'I should write a character like that.'

  

  Andrew Sean Greer
  • Writing
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• Looking back on it now, I understand why that was not possible to express ourselves, because the pottery employed a dozen people, not all of whom are making pots. And these people had families, children, and they had to have a wage that would allow them to raise their family and they had to get a paycheck every Friday afternoon. So if we had not made pots that would sell it, would not have been possible for these people to be employed.

  

  Warren MacKenzie
  • People
  • Children
  • Friday

• Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course.

  

  Ray Bradbury
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